The French Connection (1971)

Movie Details

Original Title The French Connection

Original Language EN

Budget $1,800,000

Revenue $41,200,000

Status Released

Popularity 2.5

Cast

Gene Hackman

Jimmy Doyle

Popularity: 1.8

Roy Scheider

Buddy Russo

Popularity: 2.1

Fernando Rey

Alain Charnier

Popularity: 0.4

Tony Lo Bianco

Sal Boca

Popularity: 1.3

Marcel Bozzuffi

Pierre Nicoli

Popularity: 3.0

Frédéric de Pasquale

Devereaux

Popularity: 0.7

Bill Hickman

Mulderig

Popularity: 0.6

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Ann Rebbot

Marie Charnier

Popularity: 0.1

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Harold Gary

Weinstock

Popularity: 1.7

Arlene Farber

Angie Boca

Popularity: 1.4

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Eddie Egan

Simonson

Popularity: 0.2

André Ernotte

La Valle

Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director William Friedkin

Screenplay Ernest Tidyman, William Friedkin

Producer Philip D'Antoni

Editor Gerald B. Greenberg

Executive Producer G. David Schine

Production

D'Antoni Productions

Schine-Moore Productions

20th Century Fox

Videos & Trailers

Detective Popeye Kills Pierre

Clip

Working with Gene Hackman

Featurette

Casting the Film

Featurette

Everything is Cinema

Featurette

The Look and the Score

Featurette

Permits and the Car Chase

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

drug dealer new york city police brutality drug smuggling undercover agent gangster heroin marseille, france paranoia night life attempted murder drug mule hijacking of train police stakeout police pursuit popeye

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Sep 1, 2024

Though he's not top-billed here, I found it's Fernando Rey who delivers best in this brutal and authentic-looking story of trans-Atlantic drug smuggling. Popeye (Gene Hackman) and his pal Russo (Roy Scheider) are detectives in New York determined to bring down a network of cocaine importers who are ... Read more